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Colorado law requires a court to divide the “marital estate” (i.e. all assets & debts) as of the date of the divorce itself, not the date of separation. (5). But what happens when a spouse engages in the dissipation of assets? But what happens when one spouse causes funds to…

Inheritance is Separate Property at Divorce While property acquired during the marriage is presumptively marital, a spouse can overcome that presumption by showing the property was “acquired by gift, bequest, devise, or descent.” (2)(a). In other words, an inheritance received by one spouse is that spouse’s separate property, unless he/she…